SCP-7773 — SCP-7773 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7773 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-7773

Expected annual

$16.5M

One-time setup

$13.8M

Annual recurring

$15.7M

Personnel

Estimated one-time capital costs are approximately $13.85M driven by facility buildout, vaults, buyback and legal reserves; recurring annual costs are approximately $15.7M driven by security staffing, international recovery/logistics, intelligence operations, and ongoing research/monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $13.8M

Buyback Fund $5.0M

[#9] Initial set-aside for quiet repurchases/restitutions and high-value acquisitions.

Facilities $3.5M

[#1, #5, #25] Includes reinforced containment cells for four detainees (#1), initial vault suite construction (#5), and UPS/generator/HVAC uplift installs (#25).

Legal Reserve One Time $2.0M

[#19, #24] Initial contingency/legal reserve to handle civil claims, litigation retainer or one-off settlements.

Mtf Kit Out $1.0M

[#15] One-time kit-out for rapid-response MTF (equipment, vehicles, specialized gear).

Procurement Specialized Weapons $1.0M

[#27] Initial R&D/procurement for esoteric/non-lethal containment tools and bespoke weaponry.

Equipment $850K

[#11, #12] Initial monitoring/sensor systems (#11) and IT/hardened servers & encrypted comms (#12).

Decontamination Initial $200K

[#22] Initial biohazard/quarantine/decontamination infrastructure and certified disposals setup.

Specialized Containment Materials $150K

[#14] Initial procurement of rare materials, relics, artisanry or ritual items required for containment.

Archive Digitization Initial $100K

[#29] One-time digitization of paper/photographic records and secure offline archival vaults.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $15.7M/yr

Logistics And Transport $2.4M/yr

[#6, #10] Artifact recovery operations and covert field raids (#6) plus secure transport logistics, armored/air charter costs (#10).

Staff Wages $1.5M/yr

[#2, #3] 24/7 high-security staffing (guards, supervisors) and specialized containment/operations personnel (occultologists, anthropologists, historians).

Intelligence Ops $1.5M/yr

[#7] Long-term undercover operations, paid informants, cyber teams, darknet monitoring and covert purchases.

Mtf Capability $1.5M/yr

[#15] Recurring training, readiness, overseas deployment availability and kit maintenance for rapid response units.

Monitoring Networks $1.5M/yr

[#28] Ongoing surveillance of associated networks, watchlists, tailing and subscriptions to commercial databases.

Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr

[#4, #18, #21] Ongoing controlled testing and instrumentation (#4), archival/provenance research (#18), and forensic lab access/ops (#21).

Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr

[#8, #23, #24, #19] Covert legal/cover-up budgets (#8), PR/disinformation/emergency narrative management (#23), ongoing legal retainer/litigation contingency contributions (#24) and reserve top-ups (#19).

Supplies And Consumables $1.0M/yr

[#4, #13, #27] Research disposables and materials (#4), medical & psychiatric care for detainees (#13), and consumables/maintenance for specialized tools (#27).

Buyback Contributions $1.0M/yr

[#9] Annual contributions to restitution/buyback fund to repurchase high-value items quietly.

Facilities Maintenance $600K/yr

[#5, #11, #12, #25] Vault and facility maintenance, monitoring system service contracts, IT maintenance, and increased utilities/HVAC power uplift.

Diplomatic Liaison $500K/yr

[#20] Covert diplomatic/foreign-liaison costs, legal retainer and payments to foreign agencies/operatives.

Training Drills $400K/yr

[#16] Regular breach/exercise drills, simulations, contractor simulation teams and travel.

Conservation And Restoration $300K/yr

[#17] Conservator work, materials analysis and restoration budgets for recovered artifacts.

Long Term Custody $300K/yr

[#26] Indefinite sustainment costs (feeding/enrichment/special meds) for four detained entities.

Opportunity Disposal Offsets $200K/yr

[#30] Administrative costs to dispose/store/legally monetize recovered goods; potential revenue offsets excluded here (highly variable).

Procurement Maintenance $100K/yr

[#27] Maintenance, consumables and replacement parts for specialized containment tools/weapons.

Archive Backups $50K/yr

[#29] Ongoing secure backups, offline storage rotation and media refresh for digitized archives.

Decontamination Annual $50K/yr

[#22] Annual hazardous-waste handling, certification, incineration/clearance and consumables for bio/memetic protocols.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $15.7M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Routine year with steady containment, scheduled recoveries, and no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $17.7M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Limited containment breach or a small international recovery requiring MTF activation, short legal/PR response and a targeted buyback.

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🚨 Major International Ops $35.7M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline

Sustained international recovery campaign, multiple buybacks, heavy intelligence push and major legal exposure resulting in large one-year expenditures.

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👥 Personnel 22 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#2, #15] Front-line armed guards providing 24/7 coverage; count supports rotating shifts and some rapid-response duties.
Security Supervisor	3	[#2] Shift supervisors and on-call escalation for containment incidents.
Research Scientist / Occultologist	4	[#3, #4, #18] Specialists (anthropologists, occultologists, historians) handling provenance research, ritual containment and directed experiments.
Medical Officer	1	[#13] On-site medical/psychiatric coverage with outside specialty consultants as needed.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#11, #12, #25] Responsible for monitoring systems, IT upkeep, HVAC and generator maintenance.
Administrative Staff	1	[#30, #19] Logistics, procurement, legal/cover coordination and recordkeeping.
Conservator / Archivist	0	[#17, #29] Conservator services and archival staff are typically contracted (costs captured in recurring budgets).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are low-confidence because analyst notes provide wide ranges and many costs depend on unknown operational scale (local vs global), frequency of recoveries/incidents, and discretionary reserve usage; many items (buybacks, legal contingencies, international ops) are highly variable and scenario-dependent.

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